Graduating from high school is an important step in the transition into adulthood. Along with graduation parties, the ceremony and celebrations, graduation announcements are a rite of passage and a piece of memorabilia that can be looked upon with fond thoughts in the years to come. It is a commemoration of the accomplishment that the young adult has made, and the effort that they have put into achieving this goal. Announcements are the perfect way to celebrate the young adult between family and friends. The question is where are the best places to find these graduation announcements?
The first step to finding high school graduation announcements is to determine how many are required. If large volumes are required is it going to be feasible to print them at home? Should you send them to a printer? Order them from the internet? All of these are viable options; it just depends on the effort that one wants to put into the endeavor.
Consider checking with your local big-box store for the best prices in graduation announcements that can include a photo of the recent graduate. Often, they can be obtained for as little as thirty cents at the local Wal-mart, Costco, or Office Depot.
Your personal computer provides all of the tools necessary to create unique graduation announcements. Often, the computer’s photo software comes with the capability to edit the photos and insert templates for certain occasions. Text can be inserted, as well as clip art and advanced users can implement graphics and text found on the internet but right clicking, saving it to the computer and than copying and pasting it into the photo program.
You may not have to look any further than the photographer that did the grad pictures for the young adult. Many times, they can offer discounted rates, and photo postcards, or graduation announcements through their printing company. This way, the professional photos will be displayed for friends and family members to view when they receive them in the mail.
The internet is a vast resource for information and announcements that can be saved, and printed from your home computer. Some of the announcements come with a price, but it easy to find many of them for free. The free announcements can be made elegant by printing them on cardstock or vellum and adding embellishments to the announcements.
Ordering announcements from a photo developing website such as www.shutterfly.com or www.snapfish.com can create many different templates, and acid free paper that will withstand ages of viewing. These websites allow the user to upload the pictures and create custom templates while adding in text, fonts and decorations. The templates are often static, and unable to change – this is the downside, but the price is right and there are often incentives such as a number of free prints, or free shipping if a certain amount of announcements are ordered.
Consider searching the internet for graduation announcement wording and send hand written cards for the occasion. This could be a personal touch, have the graduate write a little note inside of the cards, and maybe include the graduate’s picture. Many people love to receive a hand-written note in the mail, as it is all too often overlooked in the announcement process.
As an alternative to paper announcements, one could consider sending e-announcements which announce the graduate through email, contains all of the information and some attachments of pictures of the graduate at the ceremony. This is a great way to reach friends and family members around the globe.
Regardless of which method you choose to create and distribute the announcements, it should be unique, personal, and recognizable to the graduate. It is their special day – and the announcements should convey that tone.
